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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Lanarkshire website
30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
Deanbank Quothquan ML12 6NA
Received 12 Apr 201012 Strathmore Grove Hairmyres Gardens East Kilbride G75 8GF
Received 30 Mar 2010240 Brownside Road Rutherglen
Received 30 Mar 2010Unit 7 Main Street Cambuslang
Received 30 Mar 201067 Redpath Drive Cambuslang
Received 30 Mar 201035 Highburgh Drive Rutherglen G73 3RR
Received 30 Mar 2010Unit 4, 5 Alleysbank Road Rutherglen
Received 30 Mar 201025 Hawthorn Gardens Cambuslang
Received 30 Mar 201028 Russell Street Burnbank Hamilton ML3 0QP
Received 22 Feb 2010250 Main Street Blantyre G72 0DH
Received 22 Feb 20108 Carnoustie Court Bothwell G71 8UB
Received 22 Feb 2010Scotch Frost Of Glasgow Ltd Bothwell Park Industrial Estate Hornal Road Uddingston G71 6NZ
Received 14 Jan 2010Wee Westlinbank Farm Gilmourton Strathaven ML10 6RH
Received 11 Jan 201010 Knowehead Drive Uddingston G71 7PX
Received 24 Nov 20097 Keith Street Hamilton
Received 24 Nov 2009110 Cambuslang Road Rutherglen G73 1BQ
Received 26 Feb 20104 Brandon Gardens Cambuslang
Received 9 Feb 201015 Rogerhill Gait Blackwood
Received 18 Jan 2010196 Main Street Cambuslang
Received 12 Jan 201065 Broompark Road Blantyre G72 9XE
Received 11 Jan 2010Curleys Bar 14 Raploch Street Larkhall ML9
Received 10 Dec 2009Windylea Carnwath ML11 8LY
Received 30 Nov 200944/46 Bloomgate & 1 Hope Street Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 27 Nov 200944/46 Bloomgate & 1 Hope Street Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 27 Nov 2009Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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